People Are Boycotting These Companies Over the Paris Climate Agreement

June 2nd 2017

By:

Thor Benson

When the news first began to leak that President Trump intended to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla and SpaceX—pledged to end his tenure as an advisor on Trump's presidential councils, which included the Strategic and Policy Forum and the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative. And when Trump announced on Thursday that he was withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, Musk made good on his promise.

Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.

However, a mass exodus of business leaders from these advisory councils did not follow. According to the New York Times, the other members serving on the presidential councils appear to be staying put for now. General Motors CEO Mary Barra stated on Thursday she had no intention of leaving and other members have been largely silent since Trump's declaration. Here's a complete list of who remains on the presidential councils:

Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors

Alex Gorsky, CEO of Johnson & Johnson

Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart

Indra Nooyi, CEO of Pepsi

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase

Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM

Andrew Liveris, CEO of The Dow Chemical Company

Denise Morrison, CEO of the Campbell Soup Company

Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel Corporation

Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour

Larry Fink, CEO of Black Rock

Mark Sutton, CEO of International Paper

Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies

Rich Kyle, CEO of The Timken Company

Rich Lesser, CEO of The Boston Consulting Group

Thea Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff at the AFL-CIO

Scott Paul, President of Alliance for American Manufacturing

Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO

Wendell Weeks, CEO of Corning

In the wake of Trump's announcement, which resulted in worldwide condemnation, critics have called upon the business leaders who remain on the councils to follow Musk and Iger's lead.

And these calls for boycotts could likely extend internationally. And as Laurence Kotlikoff noted in Forbes, the fallout from Trump's decision could, "quickly lead to a worldwide boycott of Americans goods and services as well as travel to the U.S."

As we've previously reported, many world leaders have spoken out against Trump deciding to pull out of the Paris agreement. California Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Thursday that he has received a commitment from 170 governments on six continents to make efforts to fight climate change. In a statement released on Thursday, Brown invoked the importance of individual states working to override Trump's decision and declared, "Trump is AWOL but California is on the field, ready for battle.”